Tests of Salvation

1. Affirmation of the proper view of Christ (1:3)
2. Affirmatrion of Sin’s reality (1:5-2:2)
3. Obedience to God’s commands (2:3-6)
4. Love of the “bretheren” (2:7-11)

Tests  & Characteristics of Antichrists

1. Depart from the faithful (2:19)
2. Deny the faith (2:22,23)
3. They deceive the faithful (2:2:26) (1 Tim 4:1-3)

Tests & Characteristics of Genuine Christians

1. Anointing of the Holy Spirit (2:27)
2. Holy Spirit guides the believer into knowing all things (2:20-21) (John 14:26, 16:13)

Tests of a Believers Hope (The return of Christ)

1. Abiding in Christ, ie persevering in the faith of salvation (2:27-3:3) (John 15:1-6)
2. Practicing Righteousness (Holiness; purity; uprightness, the state of being right with God) (2:29) (1 Pet 1:3, 13-16)
3. A sense of wonder in God’s love in what he did for us (3:1)
4. When Christ returns, he will conform every believer to his image (3:2)
5. Living in the reality of Christ’s return makes a difference in a Christian’s behavior (3:3)

Tests Why Christians Can’t Practice Sin

1. Sin is incompatable with the law of God which they love (3:4, Ps 119:34, 77,97, Rom 7:12,22)
2. Becauise it is incompatable with the work of Christ.  Christ died to sanctify (make holy) the believer (3:5,2 Cor 5:21, Eph 5::25-27, Rom 6:1-15) 
3. Because Christ came to destroy the works of the arch-sinner, Satan (3:8)
4. Because it is incompatible with the ministry of the Holy Spirit, who has imparted a new nature to the believer (3:9, John 3:5-8)

Tests For Behaviors Of The Devil’s Children

1. Murder (3:15, Gen 4:5)
2. Hatred (3:15)
3. Indifference toward other’s needs

Tests of  a True Teacher

1. Acknowledge and proclaim that Jesus is God incarnate in human flesh (4:2)
2. They speak God’s word following apostolic doctrine (4:5-6)  The OT and NT are the only